TheMadDruid
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My Rolex dilemma.
Jul 13, 2018,07:02 AM
I have owned three Rolexes in my life. Quite a few years ago I had WG Daytona (on a strap). It's long gone. About 4 years ago I bought a (beautiful-to me) Steel Yachtmaster with platinum bezel. That has left my collection as well. Presently I got a Used/Mint piece which I have been wearing quite a bit.
Here's the dilemma: last night I was going to a Minor League Baseball game with my daughter, her boyfriend and his father. I had been wearing the Rolex all day, and yet when it was time to leave for the game I switched watches. I did that because I figured (I think) the Rolex would be noticed by the other father. Then he would be forming an opinion of me based on that watch.
This is what always goes through my mind when I wear a Rolex-people know this brand even if they don't know a single other thing about watches. And then people form an opinion of the wearer-me, in this instance based on the watch. Some may think "this dude's cool, that's a great watch" and others may think I'm a snobbish ass!@#$, "he's wearing that ridiculously expensive watch that no one can afford". Or maybe there's some envy going on-which is what I was worried about last night.
Now, understand that when I wear a Lange, or a Patek, I do not go through these thoughts or worries. I put the watch on and I can go shopping for groceries or walking around the Lower East Side of Manhattan. I don't have a second thought about what's on my wrist. I assume it's because no other brand, no matter how horologically impressive it may be, has the instant recognition that Rolex has.
And by the way- the reason I sold the Daytona and the Yachtmaster was exactly because of this issue. I found I was not wearing these pieces because I was always self-conscious about what others would think of me.
Do any others feel this way about their watches, whether it be Rolex or another brand or even a certain type of watch (gold, highly complicated) and because of this self-consciousness end up not wearing the watch much; or at least when with certain types of people?